American soldiers in wwii were mobile, agile, and hostile. They were the best trained and effective on the battlefield. In the war the American soldier conquered fear, learned to recover quickly from shock, and ELIMINATED threats. They achieved this even though they were under equipped by todays standards. They only needed weapons, ammo, their HELMET, a knife, and a canteen to survive. American SOLDIERS moved by day to gain distance and by night to conceal their movements. American soldiers were lean, mean, killing machines.
These brave men sacrificed more then we may ever know. They came back from war wounded and not the same person that they were when they deployed. this put stress on the families of the brave men. They dropped whatever they are doing when the call came to serve never to return to that. they kissed their wives and kids goodbye and i had no idea it would be the last time they would see them till on the OTHER SIDE.